Chronic Illness Articles

• Parkinson's Research
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Alzheimer's Research
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Essential tremor

  Essential tremor is a neurological disorder characterized by shaking of hands (and sometimes other parts of the body including the head), evoked by intentional movements. The incidence is unknown, ... > more
• Mental Health Research
  Psychiatry
  Mental Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Depression
   
  

  Mental disorder

  Mental disorder or mental illness are terms used to refer psychological pattern that occurs in an individual and is usually associated with distress or disability that is not expected as part of ... > more
• STD
  Sexual Health
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
  Healthy Aging
  Gynecology
   
  

  Sexually transmitted disease

  Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) also known as sexually transmissible diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or (infrequently) venereal diseases (VD), are diseases or infections that ... > more
• Leukemia
  Blood Clots
  Sickle Cell Anemia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  Lymphoma
   
  

  Haemophilia

  Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding. Genetic deficiencies can cause lowered plasma clotting factor ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Alzheimer's Research
  Parkinson's Research
  Birth Defects
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
   

  Huntington's disease

  The causative gene for Huntington's disease, HD, one of the first genes identified to cause an inherited disease, is located on chromosome 4. Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Seizure

  Seizures are temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity. They can manifest as an alteration in mental state, ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Depression
  Sports Medicine
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Mental Health Research
   
  

  Deep brain stimulation

  Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is one of a group of treatments involving surgical implantation of a medical device called a brain pacemaker, which sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Sexual Health
  Healthy Aging
  HIV and AIDS
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  STD
   

  Transmission (medicine)

  In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. In order to survive, microorganisms that require human hosts ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
  Obesity
   
  

  Calorie restriction

  Calorie restriction or Caloric restriction (CR) is the practice of limiting dietary energy intake in the hope that it will improve health and retard aging. In human subjects, CR has been shown to ... > more
• Leukemia
  Osteoporosis
  Stem Cells
  Bone and Spine
  Lymphoma
  Healthy Aging
   

  Bone marrow transplant

  Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology that involves transplantation of hematopoietic stem ... > more

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